Both NIT Warangal and MNNIT Allahabad are prestigious colleges in India, offering various undergraduate courses. NITs are always a good option in terms of placement, fees, faculty, and facilities. According to NIRF ranking 2020, NIT Warangal and MNNIT Allahabad stand at 26th and 48th rank respectively. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic both the colleges have maintained a good placement record. A total of 792 and 732 undergraduates were placed from MNNIT and NIT Warangal respectively.

Admission:

• The admission criteria remain the same for all NITs that are for admission into undergraduate courses students need to apply for JEE mains.

• For Postgraduate courses, students need to appear for the GATE exam. Admission will be done purely on the basis of rank obtained by the student.

• NIT Warangal has a total of 120 seats in the Mechanical branch and the cut-off rank is 6068-9243.

• MNNIT Allahabad has a total of 180 seats in the ECE branch and the cut-off rank is 4615-6752.

Faculty:

• NIT Warangal has more than 300 faculties and most of them are Ph.D. holders from national and international universities in their respective fields.

• On the other hand, MNNIT also has a good number of faculty guiding their students for the purpose of placement, research and development, excellent academics, and a lot more.

Course fees:

The course fee of the NITs is quite affordable. Students who avail the hostel and mess have a pay a bit more than the day borders.

Placements:

Both the NITs have an impressive placement record of placing more than 95% of its students.

• NIT Warangal has placed 80% of its students from the mechanical branch. The highest package offered was 11 LPA and the median package offered was 7 LPA. More than 150 companies visited the college for the placement drive.

• MNNIT has placed 116 students from the ECE branch. The highest package offered was 25.33 LPA and the median was 11 LPA. More than 200 companies visited the college for the placement drive.

Apart from academics, these colleges focus on extracurricular activities that include an annual tech-fest(eye-catching feature). Experienced faculty help the students in research and development. Both the NITs are a good option which can be proved because of its national rankings.

NIT Warangal, was amongst the first 10 NITs to be established, ranks 19th for engineering by NIRF while IIT Hyderabad is ranked 17rd by NIRF. Both these institutes are centres of excellence in academics and have cut-throat competition.

Campus

• NIT Warangal: Tie-up with TCS, CPRI, Siemens to provide industrial training to students. The Teaching-Learning Programme, helps in development for both students and faculty.
• IIT Hyderabad: It has technology incubators in collaboration with universities from across the globe to help innovative ideas come to the fore and succeed.

Placement 

NIT Warangal

• The average placement rate of the institute was recorded to be 94%
• Highest CTC offered was 39 lpa
• Average CTC offered was in the range 10-12 LPA
• Major recruiters are Amazon, Flipkart, ISRO, Oracle, etc.

IIT Hyderabad-

• The overall placement rate of the institute was 95%
• Major recruiters were Bank Of America, DRDO, Flipkart, HSBC, among 20 others
• Highest CTC of 42 lpa
• Average CTC of 16 LPA

It is very tough to distinguish between these colleges as these are premier institutes of the nation. Infrastructurally they are almost at par with all facilities available. Faculties are highly qualified, few being involved in many government funded research projects. Hence, it is up to the student to choose a given course in a particular college.

NIT Warangal is ranked 26th in the engineering category by NIRF Ranking 2019. The institute provides one of the best placements for metallurgical and materials engineering of 88% every year. 

CSE at NIT Manipur emphasises the basics of computer programming and networking. The institute ranks 148th in the engineering category by NIRF 2019 ranking and produces quality developers in the software domain. The institute provides a tremendous placement record of 100% placements for the CSE branch. 

Admission process:

NIT Warangal:

• The minimum criteria to apply for the BTech course is 75% marks in 10+2 or top 20 percentile in the 10+2 by the respective board. 
• The compulsory subjects at 10+2 level are physics and mathematics.
• The minimum cutoff required in JEE Main is 13614-18011.
• The course fee required is INR 94,500.
• The number of seats allocated are 40.

NIT Manipur:

• The minimum eligibility is 10+2 with a minimum aggregate of 75% marks. 
• The candidates have to pass the JEE Main exam followed by a JoSAA counselling to get admission.
• The seats allotted for this course is 60.
• The total fees required is INR 1.48 LPA.

Placements:

289 students bagged offers above INR 10 LPA in top MNCs from both these institutes. CSE department got the highest package in 2019 from NIT Manipur. However, NIT Warangal managed to provide 732 job offers to the undergraduate students in the 2019 placement drive.

The top recruiters are Jio, Capgemini, Intel, HP, Amdocs, Amazon, Microsoft, Deloitte, Flipkart, Wipro, etc.

Facilities:

• The central computer centre of NIT Warangal has 190+ client machines and has the capability to include 400+ machines.
• The library of NIT Warangal has more than 1.79 lakh books and 200 journals.
• The Library of NIT Manipur consists of over 24000 books and 81 journals.
• There are two separate hostels for girls and boys each with a capacity of 150.

Faculty:

• NIT Manipur consists of 72 faculties out of which 40 are holding the PhD degree in their respective fields.
• NIT Warangal consists of 60 faculties and they are very friendly towards the students. They conduct lectures and explain the doubts in a practical way. 

NIT Warangal is way better than NIT Manipur in all aspects. The institute provides 90% placements every year for all branches. The faculties are very supportive and always motivates their students for success. Thus the students pursuing metallurgical and materials engineering from NIT Warangal have a good scope in the future.

Both NIT Warangal and BITS Hyderabad/Goa are enormous and well-known colleges. If you choose either of them for a particular field it will be worth it. Just make sure of that in whichever college you are, give your best and you shall lead to success.

Both the colleges stand equally in terms of academics and placement statistics.

• In terms of exposure, opportunities, research and peer interaction in BITS specifically are much more than NIT Warangal.
• BITS embolden you to go for a long project for one semester in your final year in any part of the world. This is the main point of BITS that keeps it ahead of NIT.
• Otherwise, you can experience almost the same in both the colleges in terms of career.
• If you want to experience great college life, full of freedom, industrial exposure, and quality education, you can go for either of them.
• In case you are looking for a good return on your investment, you then have to take the benefits of a government institution.

Further, I would advise you for NIT as it has less fees so there will be less burden on you and your family. Faculties are good in NIT as well. You will get the NIT brand associated with you which is very prestigious.